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Carson Hartzog

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Carson Hartzog is a business reporter for the Star Tribune.

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Shoppers walk past Alo inside the Galleria in Edina on Wednesday.

Celeb favorite Alo opening two more Minnesota stores as malls capitalize on athleisurewear trend

The Ridgedale and Mall of America Alos will join the one at Galleria, as Americans continue to go casual.
Illustration by Kim Maxwell Vu, The Minnesota Star Tribune

How to navigate pet rules when finding apartments

Even pet-friendly apartments have restrictions, especially on large dogs, so make sure you know what they are.
Proozy CEO Jeremy Segal announced the company's acquisition of Zulily in a LinkedIn post.

Minnesota online retailer acquires majority stake in Zulily, expanding national reach

The Minnesota-based e-commerce retailer bought the fashion flash-sale site for $5 million.
Target added 13 million new Circle members in 2024, totaling more than 110 million overall.

Target upgrades Circle Week deals in quest for $15B sales growth in five years

A year after introducing its revamped rewards program, the Minneapolis-based retailer is using it to help return to annual growth of 2.5% to 3%, which it hasn't consistently reached since the panic-buying days of the pandemic.
After 10 years of planning, downsizing and finally a takeover by the city -- which served as its developer -- the Penfield, a building of market-rate

Lunds & Byerlys store to close in downtown St. Paul leaving a grocery void

The grocer, which opened the location in 2014, said staffing and financial challenges contributed to the decision.
The Target Circle card online site will be down for a week for maintenance next week.

Target Circle card site will be down for maintenance for a week

Starting Tuesday, customers will need to pay their bills by mail or in stores until the site is up again.
A Target store in Minneapolis.

A 40-day Target boycott began this week: What to know about the Target Fast

Faith leaders are calling on shoppers to divert their spending from Target to Black-owned businesses during Lent.
Target predicts flat comparable sales for 2025 as consumers continue to feel stress from the uncertain economy.

Target predicts slow-growth year as consumer stress intensifies

Minneapolis-based retailer sees modest sales growth driven by digital gains in holiday quarter, but has begun to double down on fundamentals to increase loyalty and draw more customers.
James Beard Award-winning chef Ann Kim holds a Pickle Pie, one of the items in a line of pizza and appetizers she developed for Target's frozen food s

Target launches star chef collaborations, starting with Minnesota's Ann Kim

Good & Gather Collabs expands the Minneapolis-based retailers well-known partnership strategy to the food aisles.
Target has struggled the past three years to keep up with the changes in consumer patterns, the supply chain and inflation. Investors will be watching

Target set to reveal its plan to jump-start growth. Investors hope it will be enough.

The Minneapolis-based retailer holds its annual investors days on Tuesday, where it will also deliver its full holidays earnings report.
A rendering of the Warby Parker at Target shop-in-shop. Five of these will open in Targets by the end of 2025.

Warby Parker opening locations in Targets, including in Bloomington

There will be five Warby Parkers at Target shops by the end of the year.
Minnesota public companies are reluctant to talk about diversity, even to confirm stated goals, since President Donald Trump issued executive orders c

Slew of Minnesota companies beyond Target go mute on DEI

With President Donald Trump's executive orders, some, like 3M, are taking diversity, equity and inclusion off their websites.
St. Cloud, MN., 11/29/99. After orders are filled and boxed, they travel down conveyor belts and then laser scanned and routed via overhead tracks to

Bluestem, parent company of Fingerhut, cutting half its Eden Prairie workforce

After the layoffs, the headquarters operation will have 117 employees.
A group of Twin Cities food cooperatives are giving more than $25,000 to support Twin Cities Pride after the organization decided to part ways with Ta

Food co-ops donate over $25K to Twin Cities Pride after event parted way with Target

Target sponsored the event for 18 years, but the organization cut ties after the retailer scaled back its DEI efforts.
Nekita Levy-Armstrong speaks outside Target headquarters in downtown Minneapolis in response to Target’s current stance on DEI in Minneapolis on Thu

Twin Cities activists rally crowd at Target HQ to boycott retailer after DEI rollback

More than 70 people came out to Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis to protest Target's move in the wake of the Trump administration's efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Shoppers make their way through the aisles of Target in Edina in 2023.

Suppliers, partners rethink relationship with Target after diversity pullback

Partners also worry about what support Target and others will give in the future.
Wahlburgers' Mall of America location will soon be operated directly by the company as it shifts its focus to standalone restaurants. (Provided by Wah

Wahlburgers corporate takes over Mall of America restaurant, hoping to boost sales

The burger chain started by actors Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and their chef brother, Paul, ended their franchise agreement with Hy-Vee.
A display of products for Black History month at a Target store in Trumbull, Conn., in February 2024.

Target is latest corporation to terminate DEI goals, in line with White House

The Minneapolis-based retailer said diversity will remain part of its business goals despite scaling back initiatives started in the wake of George Floyd's murder.